So far the new Millennium has been marked by the willingness for Fundamentalists to increase the use of terrorism as a means of achieving their goals.
With the increase of broadband Internet connections, Voice over IP begins to gain popularity as a replacement for traditional telephone lines. Major telecommunications carriers begin converting their networks from TDM to VoIP.
As part of technology changes continued expansion of economic globalisation with companies buying others around the world and it is becoming harder and harder to know which company owns what and where products are made, this is helping growth in the developing world but many countries are so happy to have the new jobs and economic boost they do not have legislation or will to ensure workers rights or environmental protections are in place
The events listed below we have tried to put a small paragraph on the specific year page providing additional information )
First International Space Station Crew
Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes
Sydney Olympics
USS Cole is badly damaged by two suicide bombers
Tiger Woods becomes the youngest player to win a Grand Slam in Golf
911 Terrorist Attacks
iTunes Released by Apple
United States invaded Afghanistan
Wikipedia a Wiki free content encyclopedia, goes online
Mars Odyssey space probe launched
XIX Winter Olympics Salt Lake City
President George W. Bush "Axis of Evil" speech
The Euro becomes the official currency of twelve of the European Union's Members
Kmart Corp files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Department of Homeland Security Created
Human Genome Project
Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
Final Concorde Flight
U.S. invasion of Iraq
Do Not Call List
Strongest earthquake in 40 years At least 290,000 people are confirmed to have died from South Asia to as far as South Africa.
Cassini-Huygens Probe
Japan multiple earthquakes
Hurricane Ivan
Facebook is launched
Live 8 benefit concerts
Hurricane Katrina
video-sharing website "YouTube" was founded
Kyoto Protocol
Pope John Paul II dies
To provide an estimate of inflation we have given a guide to the value of $100 US Dollars for the first year in the decade to the equivalent in today's money
If you have $100 Converted from 2000 to 2021 it would be equivalent to $157.78 today
In 2000 a new house cost $134,150.00 and by 2010 was $232,880.00
In 2000 the average income per year was $40,343.00 and by 2010 was $39,423.00
In 2000 a gallon of gas was $1.26 and by 2010 was $2.73
In 2000 the average cost of new car was $675.00 and by 2012 was $1,045.00
In 2000 US Postage Stamp 33 cents and by 2012 was 44 cents
In 2000 Loaf of Bread $1.72 and by 2012 was $1.88
In 2000 Dow Jones 10,729.38 and current 2021 ( August ) 34,918.83
Nintendo releases the Wii gaming console
Google Buys YouTube
Oil shale reserves
Sago Mine Disaster
Iraq Saddam Hussein
Apple Computer Company announces the release of the very first iPhone
Greensburg tornadoes
Deadly fires Southern California
Burma military Junta Shut off access to the outside world
Tesla Roadster shown at car shows
Large Hadron Collider
Property prices continue to fall
The Fed announced a series of interest rate cuts with federal funds target rate falling to 2.25%
$150 billion stimulus package
Governments around the world face the continuing problems of increased oil prices
Ongoing financial crisis and recession
Maersk Alabama hijacking and Captain Richard Phillips
Michael Jackson dies in strange circumstances
The Icelandic banking system collapse
US Airways Flight 1549 successful Crash landing In the Hudson River
financial crisis and high unemployment continues
Healthcare Reform Bill / Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passes in Congress
BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster
SpaceX successfully launched Dragon capsule and it returns from low-Earth orbit
magnitude 7 earthquake hits Haiti and devastates the country
Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot along with twelve others
Underwater tsunami and earthquake triggered a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Burma's Move Towards Democratization
Osama Bin Laden had been found and killed by US Navy Seals in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Arab Spring Protests
gunman opens fire at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Colorado
“Marvel’s The Avengers” premieres in Hollywood, California
Hurricane Sandy
US President Barack Obama is re-elected for his second term
Many people believed that the Mayan Calendar marked the end of the world when the calendar stopped
Boston Marathon Bombings
US Government Shut Down
Target Security Breach
Edward Snowden leaks information about the NSA's secret internet and cell-phone data gathering program
massive EF-5 tornado hits Moore, Oklahoma on May 20th
As with all new technologies when they first appear they are expensive but as they improve and demand increases the price goes down Global Positioning System ( GPS ) is a great example of this
In 2000 the Human Genome Project first stage was completed and and as more diseases and illnesses are mapped to specific genes great strides will be achieved in the Health Profession
Due to the changes in technology the world is becoming smaller and countries that were not known for renowned for consuming the worlds resources are now expanding and will help to contribute to the continuing effect of the Earths Environment
Due to the changes in technology especially in high speed Internet access a new business model for sales and distribution of Music, Television and Film is evolving with the leader currently Apple Computer's iPod.
Environmental concerns by many mean more motorists are turning to greener cars in the form of Hybrid vehicles such as the Toyota Prius, Escape, and the Honda Insight and Civic Hybrids. A Greater interest in future energy development due to global warming and the potential exhaustion of crude oil.
Following on from the Avian Flu ( bird flu )in China in the late 90's Avian Flu is becoming more widespread in wild bird population and is spreading to more domesticated chicken stock and more cases in humans, The latest H5N1 strain has killed millions of birds and scores of humans since 2003. Many experts fear the virus will soon mutate into a strain more easily spread among humans.
Following on from the Avian Flu ( bird flu )in China in the late 90's Avian Flu is becoming more widespread in wild bird population and is spreading to more domesticated chicken stock and more cases in humans, The latest H5N1 strain has killed millions of birds and scores of humans since 2003. Many experts fear the virus will soon mutate into a strain more easily spread among humans.
The start of the new millennium has also marked some of the worst natural disasters in our history including
A major earthquake and ensuing tsunami caused devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, The Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean. As of January 2005 the death toll is estimated to be nearly 290,000,
A major earthquake in Kashmir killing close to 80,000
Hurricane Katrina striking Louisiana, U.S., killing more than 1,400 people and devastating the city New Orleans and the Mississippi coast, Hurricane Katrina Timeline